St Mary’s Church, Ilmington – Spirit of Ilmington Distillery loop from Ilmington

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St Mary’s Church, Ilmington – Spirit of Ilmington Distillery loop from Ilmington

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St Mary’s Church, Ilmington – Spirit of Ilmington Distillery loop from Ilmington

01:46

6.13km

160m

Hiking

Easy hike. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 27, 2026

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The Cotswolds National Landscape

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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94 m

St Mary’s Church, Ilmington

Highlight • Religious Site

St Mary’s is a Grade I-listed church in the heart of Ilmington. The church dates to the early 12th century and was modified over the following 500 years. The church has 19th-century stained glass, 16th-century brasses, 15th-century effigies, plus more.

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261 m

Spirit of Ilmington Distillery

Highlight • Structure

The picturesque village of Ilmington is situated in the North Cotswolds where there are many ancient apple trees. It is from these local apples that Spirit of Ilmington make cider to distil into their ever popular range of spirits.

Distillation is done in copper alembic pot still, which produces a very mellow and smooth spirit with no harshness or burn. The result is our “Spirit of Ilmington” Apple Brandy.

They add apple spirit to their Dry Gin and Spiced Rum so that they have a hint of apple in the aftertaste. Spirit of Ilmington buy damsons and raspberries from the Vale of Evesham and steep them in their Dry Gin to produce their Damson and Raspberry liqueurs.

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4.50 km

View of Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire

Highlight • Summit

Upon reaching the 2 transmitter Masts at summit of Illmington downs there are 360 views to enjoy as far as Birmingham Broadway Tower and into Oxfordshire especially on clear day.

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